While only finishing second in the Group 2 Run To The Rose behind the exiting In Secret, the Coolmore and partners raced Best Of Bordeaux has a little bit of Yes Yes Yes about him. With Yes Yes Yes also finishing second in the Run To The Rose, the Chris Waller trained son of Rubick went on to finish second in the Group 1 Golden Rose, before lining up in the Everest with Glen Boss in the saddle ...
Could Saturday’s history making winner In Secret be a contender for this year’s Everest?? Only time will tell, but the manner in which she won the Group 2 Run To The Rose over 1200m, defeating the colts and geldings, clearly highlights her above average ability. While not many fillies have contested the Run To The Rose, I Am Invincible’s In Secret is the first filly to win, and her two length ...
With syndicator Brad Spicer confident of coming to an agreement within the coming days, we could see the sixth official runner allocated a slot in this year’s Everest to be run on October 28 at Randwick. “The next 24 - 48 hours I think there will be an announcement and hopefully we can get it all done,” stated Spicer when chatting to the Everest Diaries recently. A winner of the Group 1 Robert ...
Racing first-up in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes, Joe Pride’s warhorse Eduardo (Host) gave his Everest rivals a warning that come Saturday, October 15, that the 9yo will be ready to run the race of his life and look to improve from his narrow third placed finish 12 months prior. Clearly the class runner of the Southern Cross Stakes field, Eduardo cleared out to score by over two and a half ...
While the second, third and fourth horses in Thursday’s barrier trial are already likely Everest contenders, it was Bjorn Baker’s Overpass that once again highlighted himself to slot holders as a serious contender by winning the trial, stopping the clock at 55.49 (last 600m in 36.65) in Soft 7 conditions. Getting out of the gates well and leading throughout, Vancouver’s Group 2-winning son ...
With three of the five Everest winners having resumed their spring campaigns by winning the Group 3 Concorde Stakes, Saturday’s running of the $500,000 1000m sprint sees two leading runners having already secured slots for this year’s running of the $15m race, while depending on the result, there could be further potential slot contenders. Won in 2017 and 2018 by Peter and Paul Snowden’s Redzel ...
The opening trial on Thursday at Canterbury Park will see a mini-everest with the likes of Classique Legend, Lost And Running, Nature Strip and Overpass all possibly contenders. Both Nature Strip and Lost And Running already have a slot, while previous Everest winner Classique Legend is likely to be given owner Bon Ho’s slot is he shows he is ready for the race, with Bjorn Baker still chasing a ...
The Winstar Farm stallion that sired 216 stakes winners behind Danehill, Sadler's Wells, and galileo and 13 champions worldwide, More Than Ready, was euthanized the morning of Aug. 26 at the Central Kentucky farm due to the "cumulative effects of old age." One of the most influential international sires of his era is a rare stallion to achieve elite status in both the Northern and Southern ...
Peter Snowden-trained Mazu finished in second place behind Bjorn Baker’s O’President at the Rosehill trials with Masked Crusader just under a length behind Mazu. Last year’s Everest runner-up Masked Crusader had a below par autumn as he missed a place in all three starts but the signs in his trial were there that he can bounce back after finishing 11 lengths astern of Nature Strip in the TJ ...
Winning the first Group 1 of the Victorian racing season, Ciaron Maher and David Eustace’s 6yo mare Snapdancer, a daughter of Coolmore’s Royal Ascot hero Choisir, had made a play for the $15 Everest by recording a stunning all the way win in the Memsie Stakes. Won a few years back by Vega Magic, who went to finish second, beaten three parts of a length behind Redzel in the first running of the ...
Newgate Farm’s Henry Field said In The Congo is likely to target the feature Melbourne sprints this spring rather than be set for The Everest – unless Nature Strip shows he is vulnerable. “We haven’t ruled out The Everest with In The Congo but at the moment we prefer to head towards the Manikato Stakes,’’ Field said. “He will resume in the McEwen Stakes and then probably go to the Moir Stakes. ...
Lumping 60kgs and settling last, Masked Crusader did what was expected and charged home at a rate of knots under Jye McNeil to win the Listed The Heath 1100 last season on this weekend 12 months ago. Although this Saturday we see the running of the 2022 The Heath 1100, there doesn’t appear to be any ‘Everest’ class runners, but only time will tell. Already a winner of the Gr1 William Reid Stakes ...